Dar es Salaam, April 22 -- Something remarkable happened in Seoul between April 2 and 5, at a sprawling exhibition centre in the heart of South Koreas capital, a gallery from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania stood shoulder to shoulder with some of the most respected art institutions in the world. Rangi Gallery – founded and run by Tanzanian lawyer-turned-gallerist Lorna Mashiba Albou – became the first gallery from Tanzania to ever participate in Art OnO, one of Asias most distinctive international art fairs.
Let that settle for a moment. The first. Ever.
Art OnO – short for “Art One and Only” – is now in its third edition and is not your ordinary art fair. Held at Seouls SETEC Exhibition Center, it brought toge...